835 Quotations with Name.
- 41. Ambrose Bierce: BAAL, n. An old deity formerly much worshiped under various names. As Baal he wa ...
- 42. Ambrose Bierce: BERENICE'S HAIR, n. A constellation (_Coma Berenices_) named in honor of one who ...
- 43. Ambrose Bierce: CARMELITE, n. A mendicant friar of the order of Mount Carmel.
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- 44. Ambrose Bierce: DECALOGUE, n. A series of commandments, ten in number -- just enough to permit a ...
- 45. Ambrose Bierce: DEINOTHERIUM, n. An extinct pachyderm that flourished when the Pterodactyl was i ...
- 46. Ambrose Bierce: EGOTIST, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.
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- 47. Ambrose Bierce: EMANCIPATION, n. A bondman's change from the tyranny of another to the despotism ...
- 48. Ambrose Bierce: EMBALM, v.i. To cheat vegetation by locking up the gases upon which it feeds. By ...
- 49. Ambrose Bierce: EPAULET, n. An ornamented badge, serving to distinguish a military officer from ...
- 50. Ambrose Bierce: FASHION, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.
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- 51. Ambrose Bierce: FEAST, n. A festival. A religious celebration usually signalized by gluttony and ...
- 52. Ambrose Bierce: GOUT, n. A physician's name for the rheumatism of a rich patient.
- 53. Ambrose Bierce: HAG, n. An elderly lady whom you do not happen to like; sometimes called, also, ...
- 54. Ambrose Bierce: HOG, n. A bird remarkable for the catholicity of its appetite and serving to ill ...
- 55. Ambrose Bierce: INCOME, n. The natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability, the com ...
- 56. Ambrose Bierce: INFALAPSARIAN, n. One who ventures to believe that Adam need not have sinned unl ...
- 57. Ambrose Bierce: INSCRIPTION, n. Something written on another thing. Inscriptions are of many kin ...
- 58. Ambrose Bierce: K is a consonant that we get from the Greeks, but it can be traced away back bey ...
- 59. Ambrose Bierce: KEEP, v.t.
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- 60. Ambrose Bierce: KING'S EVIL, n. A malady that was formerly cured by the touch of the sovereign, ...
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